START EARLY (FOR FIRST FIVE YEARS FUND) lobbying for START EARLY (FOR FIRST FIVE YEARS FUND)

Filing 2nd Quarter - Amendment

Reporting period

2nd Quarter 2025

Apr 1 - June 30 · Posted Jul 28, 2025

Expenses

$180,000.00

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using A: the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

Illinois

Official filing document

Government bodies contacted 3

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE
White House Office

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Bills named in this filing 1

S 847
Child Care Availability and Affordability Act

Lobbying activity 4

Budget/Appropriations

FY26 funding for Child Care and Development Block Grants (CCDBG), Preschool Development Grants Birth-5, Head Start, Early Head Start, Early Head Start - Child Care Partnerships, IDEA Part C and B.

Education

Issues related to the accessibility and expansion of high-quality early learning and care programs including: long term, sustainable improvements and investments in federal early learning and child care as well as programs including Preschool Development Grants Birth-5, Head Start, Early Head Start, Early Head Start - Child Care Partnerships, Child Care and Development Block Grants, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part C and B.

Welfare

Issues related to the accessibility and expansion of high-quality early learning and care programs including: long term, sustainable improvements and investments in federal early learning and child care as well as programs including Preschool Development Grants Birth-5, Head Start, Early Head Start, Early Head Start - Child Care Partnerships, Child Care and Development Block Grants, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part C and B, S.847 Child Care Availability and Affordability Act.

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Tax provisions related to the affordability and accessibility of high-quality child care including: Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit, the Employer Provided Child Care Tax Credit, and Dependent Care Assistance Plans;